The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-11-10

Ons day, nct long ego, soms ssaalem.n
.wsre riding n1ong . country fced - OHIO
when from the bushes they heard . contin:
ss Sd rus |ustins and R:'ns sas Ss9 lad a
: rabbit lighting with snake; re rab6it
appeared 70 b trying 70 lad the make .
away, mot flinchine when the fanSB struck
her own body. The gentlemsn wsuS tQ the
rescue killed the snake, and found tnst tne
Bleeding I @ not % far Oh. Al firss she feared that
man had also designs upon her young and
was. ready TO match the strength Of nG
mother love against them too. She oovn
understood, however, that she and her nttie
cuddie and cafess, after the way Of mother
rabbits, her little bunny.
A correspondent of CAagsbsrs Journal al
leges that recently in Melbourne, with his
wife and two children, aged two and four,
he went to see the animals In the Royal
Park, and that four wolves sleeping IN .
cage paid no attention 70 himself and ms
the younger one toddled up they sprang 70
their feet and made for the corner Of the
cage nearest to her, where they stood egain9
the bars, pushed their paws through. barked
constantly. and seemed wild to get at heri
not PosS yooy yhS h0sys w but e ws.a a0 %SSs oSS
spoke their efforts were redoubled. On
subsequent visit the same thing occurred.
From which the correspondent concludes
that wolves have very strong maternal In
stinct and love children.
AlArHsr neas Lswiston. Ne. 80 hosse
e run he machine for emitting fodder, snd "a
the horsepower, particularly a. soon as the
horse was left alone. So he watched the
steed, who, a. soon as he thought that he
was alone, reached over the sides Of the ma
chine, grabbed the brake with his teeth,
pulled y over, STOPPED the machine and ana
of the brake and start him again. The old
fellow actually looked sad when the farmer
tied the brake down and started him ON the
treadmil again.
A hen, half black Spanish and half game,
has been doing . land Office business
in Rollo, Mo. She laid her first egg on the
10th day of May, 1855, and has continued to
ting q soon a she laid her first egg, and Is
still on her nest. She comes OF every morn
ing to get water and food, and then goes
back. Bhe has Matched one egg Q day, ex-
cept the first three weeks Of her career. She
has now bean laying one year. and y the
pullets and the other half roosters-and still
she looks we'll.
few days ago Mr.. w, r. Pease, who lives
near Mount Hamilton, was disturbed by his
cattle lowing in an unusual manner in q
corral, and going to ascertain the cause he
saw large eagle attempting to carry of q
young calf in Its talons. He struck Il with
and made ferocious onslaught ON Mr..
Pease. He finally partially disabled It, and
securing his gun killed 1t, but in the battle
he was seriously bruised and scratched. The
calfs injuries were such that 1t had to be
killed.
John Buckley, Of Meriden, Conn.,, caught
telephone Office, where be purposed killing
1t by electricity. He let the turtle snap ct
one end of wire, put another wire beneath
his shell, and turned on the fyll strength Of
the current. He AYERS that he "heard the
current. 60 through 1t, making noise liks a
tie for dead. The next morning he found
the turtle walking around and snapping at
| wires as though II wanted another taste of
the current
| A young gray squirrel was found by q
| party of children at 1vorytOn, Conn.,, and
| cared for it until it had grown large enough
to help itself, when it was set at liberty. The
Children en-. had 3Sa no idea 4 i would ever
to the window and tapped on the pane. II
! was admitted, and the nextmorning whisked
away again. II has built two nests, using
whichever it chooses in the nighttime. ex-
! cept when II rains. Then it always asks for
admission to the house.
James Houst' N, of Cane Hill, Ark, was
awakened by q noise under his bed the
other night. He lighted lamp, and, look
| ing under, thought he saw Q cat but when
he poked it with cane big snake came
out and offered battle. He drove it back under
| the bed, took his wife to q neighbors for
| safety, nd went back and killed the serpent
! with q pitchfork. It measured eleven feet
nine inches in length, had stripes running
diagonally around its body, and had re
Gently swallowed three young kittens.
The Society for Psychical Research came
near securing q firstrclass ghost to invest.
gate the other day in large deserted house
In Washington. Cries Of Papa" and
'.Mamma" Issued from various parts of the
house at all hours of the day and night
Finally philistine policeman began hunt
for the spook, and after q chase over thu
house found the uncanny noise came from
parrot which had got into the building.
A horse at Reading. Pa, stepped upon I
little dog that was barking in the street. but
Immediately bending down his head, began
licking the little sufferer and uttered sound